Our Commitment
We strive to deliver high quality, diverse and original teaching material to our students. Our team reaches out to all levels, from sophomore to graduate students, to whom we transfer our enthusiasm and passion for Geosciences. Working with actors of local communities allows us to design a learning ecosystems where our students can grow their interest for a career in geoscience.
Our Goals
- Deliver high quality educational experience to students
- Promote Geosciences
- Serve as liaison agents between the academic world and local communities
Our Team
Dr. Judy Haschenburger
Judy's research investigates sediment transport processes in rivers, with current projects addressing the dispersion and attrition of gravel, the transport of fine-grained sediment as bedload, and the storage and exchange of bed sediment over a decadal time scale. She teaches Geomorphology, River Science, and the two core requirements for the graduate program in geosciences, Current Topics and Research Design.
Email: Judy.Haschenburger@utsa.edu
Dr. Alexis Godet
Alex's current research at UTSA involves carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, chemostratigraphy, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. He is teaching Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, (undergraduate level courses), Petroleum Geology (undergraduate and graduate level), Advanced Stratigraphy, and Basin Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration (AAPG IBA competition), and Carbonate through Time (graduate level courses).
Email: Alexis.Godet@utsa.edu
Janet Vote
Janet’s research interests relate to Middle Permian ammonoids, biostratigraphy, paleoenvironment reconstruction, and sedimentary processes. Teaching interests are Earth History, Paleontology, and interactive online course development in the core curriculum.
Email: Janet.Vote@utsa.edu
Dustin Smyth
Dustin has 15 years of experience in the private sector working as a geologist in the fields of Geologic Hazard Assessment, Karst Features, Environmental Assessment and Mitigation, Geotechnical Engineering, and Construction Materials Testing. She is the Geology Coordinator at Northwest Vista College and teaches Physical Geology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, and Oceanography.
Email: dsmyth@alamo.edu
Dr. Prakash Nair
Prakash has been teaching Chemistry at Northwest Vista College since 2006. Prior to full-time teaching, he was a research faculty at UT Health San Antonio and has several years of research experience in cancer biology.
Email: pnair2@alamo.edu
Marc Keltner
Email: mkeltner@alamo.edu
Dr. Lisa Garbrecht
Lisa’s research interest is in using culturally responsive methods to assess student learning, attitudes, and outcomes in K-20 STEM education programs. She leads the evaluations of several programs designed to broaden participation in STEM education and careers.
Email: lgarbrecht@tacc.utexas.edu
Dr. Madeline Haynes
Madeline’s research interests are in increasing underrepresented students’ access to and participation in STEM education and careers, and developing students’ self-efficacy and sense of belonging in STEM.
Email: mhaynes@tacc.utexas.edu
Dr. Anne-Marie Nuñez
Anne-Marie’s award-winning work employs sociological approaches to advance how postsecondary education institutions (particularly Hispanic-Serving Institutions) and scientific disciplinary cultures (particularly computer science and geoscience) structure and sustain equitable opportunities for historically underserved groups in education. Anne-Marie is the Executive Director, Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success and Distinguished Centennial Professor, University of Texas El Paso.
Email: amnunez9@utep.edu
Deashia Williams
Deashia's research interests are climate change, geohazards, and data science. Her graduate research at UTSA will involve the potential effects of climate change on flooding of the San Antonio River and applied machine learning.
Email: Deashia.Williams@my.utsa.edu
Disclaimer
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 2119446. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
